Reviews - Not for the Faint of Heart

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Not for the Faint of Heart

Lex Croucher

4.05 AVERAGE

doglady_reads's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ethemcd2023's review against another edition

Hoping to come back to this, but I was getting bored of reading at the time haha

sienna_langfield's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is basically Robin Hood but with lesbians. Which obviously, is something I’d die to read. That’s my thoughts summed up. 😊

raviereads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

19wongfo2's review against another edition

4.0

3.5*. I was so excited for this book that I went to Sherwood Forest to read it. Also, as one of the narrators, Clem, is a healer, I was interested to see how that would be depicted and I was pleasantly surprised at the accurate medical components of the story. Although it was fun and I did enjoy it, I felt it lacked some of the charm that Gwen and Art had and was underwhelmed. I definitely think this would have worked better as a middle grade novel.

This book followed the Merry Men after Robin Hood, and sadly I just didn't feel particularly connected to the story despite it being right up my alley. The queer friend group of characters were cute, but again I wasn't as attached to them as I wished. I felt that not enough time was given to explore each of the side characters, who I actually found more compelling than the narrators - the side couple was cute as hell as I kind of wished the book was about them instead.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc for providing a copy of this book for review. All opinions are my own.

kattenkvvaad's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

obviously_lene's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Clem carried this book, her comments are what made the book funny.
I also loved the storyline with Baxter and Kit

and how Morgan lost a bet about them (and Mariel and Clem).

The only character I didn't like was Mariel.

I get it she had a childhood with her father, but still. She was insufferable. Like not everyone is there to please you, get over it.

Because of this I also wasn't the biggest fan of her relationship with Clem. A little bit unfavorable for this book. But I still loved the 'enemies to lovers' part about them. This was very well written.

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